Andrea Vilán, American University
Project Title: Resisting the Prohibition of Child Marriage in Latin America
Andrea Vilán is an Assistant Professor at American University. Her research focuses on international law, human rights, transnational activism, and the impact of domestic politics on international cooperation. Her book manuscript explores the politics of treaty incorporation, illuminating how the distributive and moral conflicts that human rights treaties activate within civil society hinder the incorporation of international treaty provisions into domestic law. The manuscript is based on her dissertation, which won the American Political Science Association’s award for the best dissertation in the field of human rights. Her other work has been published in Journal of Human Rights and Politics & Gender. Andrea’s research has been funded by American University’s Public Affairs & Policy Lab and Helfat Faculty Development Fund, Princeton’s Program in Latin American Studies, APSA’s William A. Steiger Fund for Legislative Studies, and the International and Latin American Institutes at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA and degrees in international relations from Universidad de San Andrés and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina.
About the APSA Advancing Research Grants for Early Career Scholars
The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants provide support for the advancement of early career political science scholars from historically underrepresented backgrounds and minoritized groups, or those whose research aims to broaden participation in political science and focuses on issues affecting underrepresented racial and ethnic groups or issues of tribal sovereignty and governance. In July 2023, APSA awarded six projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant for Early Career Scholars for a combined total award amount of $12,000.
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